Darkrai announced as new competitor in Pokken Tournament

[Doctor Oak]

Today, after a brief tease about it last month, a new Pokemon has been announced as a fighter in Pokken Tournament - the first new fighter to be announced since the release of the Wii U version and the first indication of DLC content arriving for the console version as well.

That Pokemon is Darkrai, which also may confirm two other forthcoming Pokemon as last month, data mining of the most recent patch found references to Darkrai, Scizor and Empoleon in new files introduced to the game. With the confirmation of Darkrai's involvement, it makes it pretty likely that Scizor and Empoleon will be joining it in the future.

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Previously, Nintendo, Namco Bandai and the Pokemon Company had all insisted there were no plans for DLC for Pokken Tournament. However, given that they said the same thing about the most recent Smash Bros, it seemed pretty unlikely that it was a definitive answer. This is the first real sign of post-release support for the game and perhaps the first steps towards an indication that an NX port (possibly with all DLC characters included) might not be unlikely.

We'll bring you more info on Darkrai in Pokken Tournament as we get it.

 

[Teapot]

Added a video of Darkrai in action to this post. It's a Japanese trailer, and the other Pokémon appearing in it are because this is an advertisement for the arcade version, which has not yet had them added in.

 

[The Voltagonist]

So I get to finally play as my original Pokesona? Way before Rotom? Let's have at it!

 

[blue23 guyman]

So they do Darkrai in Pokken Tournament, but not Alakazam or Goodra

 

[Brendan Savem]

I think it might be a while before we see Darkrai in the WiiU version. I mean, it took them this long to get Braixen and the others into the arcade version, so I expect they'll do another dlc character and bundle that one up with Darkrai. We'll see though.

Darkrai makes me think of a hybrid between Weavile and Gengar, with his phantom images, distant melee attacks, and teleporting fun. Can't really see much about his fighting style from the trailer alone. So I hope to find out more when his arcade release drops.

 

[FernoCoolDude]

I bet as DLC they are also going to add some of the Pokemon from Sun and Moon.

 

[alolatrainer]

Finally there adding new ones to that game...I love pokken tournament

 

[Al the Bard]

I love fighting games and the more playable characters, the better.

 

[KoL]

I like how they've made Darkrai quite unique, something they've done a fairly good job of with all of the characters really. His shadow clones in Field Phase and the Dark Void effect when switching to Duel Phase are quite interesting. Hopefully he'll make it to the console game sooner rather than later.

 

[Galactasaur]

to me darkrai seemes like sceptile with traps and gengar and maybe gardevoir

 

[Razpup]

Darn, I really wanted Scizor...
Also, this doesn't seem like it would keep me into the game.